ALEXANDER HAMILTON SSBN 617

Ship Name and Designation History

This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during its lifetime. The list is in chronological order.

Lafayette Class Ballistic Missile Submarine Keel Laid 26 June 1961 - Launched 18 August 1962 USS ALEXANDER HAMILTON SSBN-617 Commissioned 27 June 1963 - Decommissioned 23 February 1993 Struck from Naval Register 23 February 1993 Disposed of through Nuclear Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program 28 February 1994

Naval Covers

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1. USS Alexander Hamilton SSBN-617 Covers Page 1     (1962-1994)

 

Postmarks

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A postmark should not be included unless accompanied by a close-up image and/or an image of a cover showing that postmark. Date ranges MUST be based ONLY ON COVERS IN THE MUSEUM and are expected to change as more covers are added.
 
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Postmark Type --- Killer Bar Text	Postmark Date	Thumbnail Link To Close-Up Image	Thumbnail Link To Full Cover Image

No Ship or Pictorial Postmarks Reported

 

USPO Duplex Groton, CT

1963-06-27

N/A

Commissioning, cachet by Morris W. Beck. Cover #B351

 

USPS CDS "Submarine Base Branch" Groton, CT

1983-06-27 to 1983-06-27

20th Anniversary
Robert D. Rawlins
Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

 

USPS Type 9 "Naval Base Branch" Bremerton WA

1992-10-17 to 1992-10-17

Scrapping program is started for the Alexander Hamilton, USS Henry L. Stimson SSBN-655, USS George Washington Carver SSBN-656 and USS Will Rogers SSBN-659 at the Puget Sound Navy Yard Bremerton WA
Tom Armstrong

 

Locy Type 2 USS Texas CGN-39 USPS Type 9 "Naval Base Branch" Bremerton, WA

1993-02-23 to 1993-02-23

Decommissioning at the Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton WA
Tom Armstrong

 

Locy Type 2 Official Meter USS Carl Vinson CVN-70

1993-02-23 to 1993-02-23

Decommissioning at the Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton WA
Tom Armstrong

 

Other Information

NAMESAKE - Named in Honor of Alexander Hamilton, first U.S. Secretary of the Treasury

 

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